Before departing for London from Aberdeen 0952hours, I decided to share a wonderful writing. This piece of text talks about Art Deco in London. I have yet come across with such beautiful text on Art Deco. Hence, I have decided to 'copy and paste' here.
Author, Colin Hines is a great fans of Art Deco. In his Book 'Art Deco London' he claimed that he lives in a marvelous curved-window, green-roof-tiled, 1935 'moderne' semi, complete with bracing draughts as the wind whistles through the panaromic Crittal window.
What is Art Deco?
Art Deco is usually thought of as a backdrop to the luxurious and stylish lives of the wealtny in the 1920's and 1930's - Huge ocean liners, jazz or big band music, the shaking of cocktails, sumptuously decorated buildings from ballrooms to cinemas, sleek cars and smooth cars. Yet this is only half of the story. The reality also encompasses democratic deco, whose popular, commercial side meant that most homes boosted a curved Bakelite radio, most handbags contained a deco compact and most families enjoyed weekly visit to that high street emporium of fantasy, the cinema.
(To be continued) ... ...
Saturday, May 28, 2011
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